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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Scott Downs can't run without hurting himself

It might not have been his worst sin of the evening - that would have been hanging a curve ball to Hideki Matsui - but Scott Downs once again proved that while he is a decent pitcher, he's barely an athlete.

After coughing up the gopher ball to Matsui to relinquish the lead in the eighth, Downs was forced to cover first on a ground ball. This proved to be such an arduous task that Downs once again came up limping and clutching at his leg.

Maybe Downs is in lousy shape, or maybe he just doesn't like pitching after he's been hit around. Whatever the case, it has become an all-too-common sight to see Downs walking off the field with George Poulos this year.

Catch the Rays!With their loss last night, the Tampa Rays slipped back to .500 at 73-73. Would it be too much of a pipe dream to expect the Jays to take a last run at the Rays to try to make up the six games between them with two weeks left in the season?

Hey...it's something, isn't it? The Futile Drive for Third Place is on! Who's with us?

18 comments:

Too bad we couldn't have held on last night (and Monday night), cause sitting 5 back of the Rays would make things a little better. I can't believe after all we've been through this season that the Jays have a slim chance to finish 3rd - and I'd be happy with that.

games suck, let's talk about next year. with the rumblings that rogers might expand the payroll, who is worth going for in FA? i posted this on djf (but nobody cares if i'm not calling stoeten a sycophantic nazi pederast) - i I don't like the big money free agents this year, but there's a ton of potential for high-risk one-to-two year bargains. Adrian Beltre, Hideki Matsui, Erik Bedard, vladdy daddy, rich harden, justin duchsherer, and jj putz are all guys i'd consider for short, incentive-laden contracts. also the carl crawford situation bears watching. if the rays let him go, geettt hiimmmm.thoughts?

If the Rays let him go and he can be got, get him. Matsui is also of interst. He has always been worth his contract. Bedard scares me. Gets hurt more than Downs does and by doing even less than running. Vlad would be cool. Probably would love it here as would Matsui...

Yeah, Tao, I want your take on the idea that the big plan is to increase payroll to $130 million. Also, does Ricciardi deserve to be fired? And I want pictures of Spider-man on my desk by 4PM or yer fired!

the thing about bedard or harden is that the are legit #2's (when healthy). they might be #2's for 25 starts a year, at 6ip per start, but they are legit #2s. can't really say that about anyone on the jays right now. marcum and romero have been pleasant, but haven't established themselves as top of the rotation guys yet.